Cooler for liquids.



No. 69|,6|3. Patented lan. 2|, |902.

P. J. DUYLE.

COOLER FOR LIUIDS.

(Application led Jan. 21, 1901.)

(N0 Model.)

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PETER J.' DOYLE, OF STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT.

COOLER FOR LIQUIDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,613, dated January 21, 1902. Application filed January 21, 1901. Serial No. 44,161. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PETER J. DOYLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stamford, in the county of Fairfield and State'of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Coolers for Liquids,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to coolersfor cooling Water and otherY liquids, the object being to provide a cooling device of simple and inexpensive construction by means of which the liquid may be cooled without contact with the ice.

The invention comprises a device adapted to contain ice, means for maintaining the receptacle in upright posit-ion within a bucket or other vessel, and a suitable closure for the A upper end of the receptacle. Y

The invention also consists of the combination, with a weighted ice-receptacle, of improved means for supporting the same within a suitable vessel.

The construction of the improvement will be fully described hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and its novel features will be defined in the appended claim.

Inthe drawings, Figure 1 is a view in peri spective of a cooler embodying my invention,

the supporting-base and cover of the ice-receptacle being shown removed from the latter; and Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the same with the cylinder arranged on its supporting-base and having its cover in position.

The reference-numeral 1 designates the icereceptacle, which is preferably of cylindrical form, as shown, and provided with a bottom 2.

Within the cylinder l, near the bottom thereof, is arranged a diaphragm 3, which, in connection with the bottom 2, forms a chamber adapted to contain shot or other ballast to weight the lower end of the cylinder, as

indicated at 4l.

The upper end 5 of the cylinder l is exter-v 7, adapted to lrest upon r a gasket 8, interposed between Vsaid shoulderl and the upper edge of the cylinder, vas clearly shown in Fig. 2.

The gasketS, in connection with the annular shoulder 7 of the screw-cap, insures a water-tight connection between the cylinder and cap and also leaves an air-space 9 within the upper portion of Vthe cap, which renders the cylinder buoyant.

The deviceconstructed as thus described andafter the cylinder has been illed with ice is adapted to be inserted within a vbucket or other vessel containing the liquid to be cooled, and, as will be obvious, the liquid will be cooled without direct contact with the ice, and thusthe weakening of the liquid, as in the case of lemonade and other beverages, caused by the melting of the ice will be avoided.

As the cylindrical receptacle is especially adapted to contain a bottle and is therefore of small diameter, I supplement the weight in the bottom of the cylinder with a removable bottom comprisinga disk 10 of greater diameter than the cylinder and a collar 11, secured to the disk concentric therewith to form a socket 12 to receive the lower end of the cylinder.

A liquid-coolercomprising a cylindrical receptacle weighted at its lower end and pro-- vided at its upper end with a removable closure; `in combination with a supplemental removable bottom consisting of a disk of greater diam eter than the receptacle on which the receptacle rests, and a collar secured to the disk concentric therewith and forming in connection with the disk a socket to receive the lower end of the receptacle, the disk serving as the bottom of the socket.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PETER J. DOYLE.

Witnessesi WM. H. BUMP, F. B. GURLEY. 

